On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:17 AM, pdimage <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 10/3/09 07:23, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > After looking at the NTFS drive after installing it in a PC, I saw > > that some OS 10 files, such as .trashes, had been written to it. > > > > Is there anyone else with an NTFS drive and a vanilla installation of > > Tiger (with no special utilities) who can verify that Tiger can indeed > > write to it? > > > > From reading other forums, I get the idea that Tiger can do some > > writing to an NTFS drive, but it's not necessarily safe, especially if > > you try to do a lot of it. Problems with things like user rights on > > the files. > > > > Interestingly, I read something that claimed that Windows 2000 can > > write to HFS+ drives, even though XP can't. Gives me another reason to > > feel smart for sticking with 2000 on PC's. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > I have an external 360GB usb2 drive which is formatted NTFS and I can > read and write to it in both Leopard and Tiger by using a small utility > called Paragon NTFS if I remember correctly - I think there is also another > utility which does the same though I cannot remember the name of it. Prior > to using Paragon I could only read the drive - so I guess vanilla will be > read only... > > > Pete > _________________________ > I saw this one in a Google search and wondered if it was any good. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
